This video is the final round of my art competition, and I decided to be evil in the most educational way possible: four artists have to draw the same skull-and-rose still life while it spins nonstop on a platform. Everybody gets the same materials, the same reference, and the same 90-minute timer—using soft pastel pencils on black paper. I even timed the rotation: 40 seconds per spin, which comes out to 135 rotations. It’s basically a control test where the reference refuses to sit still for you. If you’ve seen my first spinning challenge, you already know I hate this kind of thing (it’s probably my least favorite drawing I’ve made in 10 years), so hearing we’re doing it again made me want to cry. But that’s the point: you’re forced to manage your timing, pick your battles, and commit to a strategy—whether that’s starting with the candle for the biggest value range, leaning on perspective confidence, or just layering pastel over and over and buffing it out with the side of the pencil. The big takeaway is simple: motion punishes hesitation, so you either build a repeatable process or you get seasick and spiral. Watch the full episode on my channel to see how the final pieces turned out.